No new El Paso Covid-19 deaths for 3rd straight day
EL PASO, Texas — For the third day in a row on Saturday, El Paso public health leaders said there were no new deaths to report stemming from…
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30-year-old woman arrested for allegedly posing as San Elizario school student
SAN ELIZARIO, Texas – A 30-year-old woman is charged with trespassing on school grounds after she allegedly posed as a student in the San Elizario…
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Mexico to vaccinate border cities in hopes of lifting U.S. crossing restrictions
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — Mexico announced Friday a plan to vaccinate border cities against Covid-19 in the hopes of ending crossing restrictions…
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U.S. judge overturns California’s 3-decade-old ban on assault weapons
SACRAMENTO, California — A federal judge has overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, ruling that it violates the…
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I-10 through Las Cruces re-opens after traffic crash closure
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Interstate 10 through Las Cruces reopened about 7 p.m. Friday after being closed for a couple of hours due to a traffic…
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Biden administration quietly deploys facial recognition to process asylum seekers
WASHINGTON, DC — Facing a backup of tens of thousands of migrants stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Biden administration is betting on a…
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Up to 80 people found inside trailer in San Antonio human smuggling case
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — San Antonio police are looking for dozens of people who escaped from an 18-wheeler, parked on a road outside of town, in what’s…
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Border Patrol says 19-year-old U.S. citizen who ran Hudspeth checkpoint shot self
UPDATE, June 4: U.S. Border Patrol officials now say a man who died after refusing to stop at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint earlier this week took his…
Continue Reading Texas GOP chair Allen West resigns, may run for office
WHITEHOUSE, Texas — Allen West, the chair of the Texas Republican Party, announced his resignation on Friday as he teased a potential run for…
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Wandering cow on Las Cruces highway triggers traffic crash
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A cow that wandered onto a Las Cruces highway triggered a traffic crash that left both the animal and vehicle driver…
Continue Reading Facebook says Trump to remain banned for at least 2 years
OAKLAND, California — Facebook says it will suspend former President Donald Trump’s accounts for two years following its finding that he…
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Video said to show 5-year-old abandoned at Juarez-El Paso border
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A French news agency reported Thursday that it had obtained cellphone video of a 5-year-old boy being abandoned along the…
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Leeser pushes TxDOT to finish Mesa road work by September due to complaints
EL PASO, Texas — Construction along Mesa Street is now slated for completion by the end of September following a meeting between El Paso Mayor Oscar…
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Dona Ana County jail fight between 2 inmates leaves 1 dead
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A fight between Dona Ana County Detention Center inmates, identified as 27-year-old Corey Lee Willis and 40-year-old Samuel…
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El Paso, other border counties lead Covid-19 vaccination efforts across Texas
EL PASO, Texas — Texas counties on the U.S.-Mexico border that once dealt with the brunt of the load of Covid-19 are now outpacing the state…
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El Paso aunt to remain held on $1M bond; accused of severely beating boy
UPDATE, June 3: EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso judge on Thursday afternoon refused to lower the million dollar bond for a woman accused of severely…
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Texas offers $1,200 in food aid to families getting free or reduced cost school lunch
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas families who relied on the Pandemic EBT card, which previously provided a one-time benefit of $285 for students receiving free…
Continue Reading Realtor groups ask U.S. Supreme Court to block CDC’s eviction moratorium
WASHINGTON, DC — A coalition of Realtor groups asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday night to block the Centers for Disease Control and…
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LCPS board member who voted against new superintendent resigns citing ‘misogyny’
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces Public Schools board member who cast the lone dissenting vote earlier this week against hiring the…
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Famed celebrity lawyer F. Lee Bailey, whose clients included O.J. Simpson, dies at 87
WALTHAM, Massachusetts — Celebrity attorney F. Lee Bailey has died. He was 87. The death was confirmed Thursday by Peter Horstmann, who worked with…
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Man safely rescued from Rio Grande at Las Cruces park after water starts flowing
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A water rescue took place Thursday afternoon along the Rio Grande in Las Cruces, with first-responders pulling a man to…
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Suicide shuts down I-10 east ramp to Loop 375, Gateway West
EL PASO, Texas — Police were investigating a suicide Thursday afternoon that forced the closure of a highway ramp to traffic. The Interstate 10…
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‘I thought I was going to die’: El Pasoan recalls being hit by car at bus stop, losing leg
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man who lost his leg after he was hit by car while sitting at a bus stop along an east side street last month faces a…
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No new virus deaths, 26 cases in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported did not report any new coronavirus-related deaths Thursday morning. El Paso…
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4 hurt in rollover crash on Transmountain
EL PASO, Texas — A rollover crash along Transmountain Road near Dyer sent four people to the hospital Wednesday night, El Paso fire officials said.…
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Fired workers claim poor conditions at Fort Bliss migrant shelter
FORT BLISS, Texas — A group of disgruntled employees working at the Fort Bliss shelter for migrant children, gave ABC-7 some insight Wednesday…
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It’s rafting season as water makes its way down the Rio Grande through Borderland
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico –The water was released from Caballo Lake Monday into the Rio Grande. It hit Las Cruces Tuesday and was expected to get to…
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George P. Bush to challenge Texas AG Ken Paxton in primary
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced Wednesday night that he’s running for attorney general in Texas, setting…
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Brush fire burns in industrial area of Lower Valley
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso firefighters battled a brush fire in an industrial section of the Lower Valley late Wednesday afternoon. That fire burned…
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Mexican Nat’l Guard border mission still a concern 2 years later
(Editor’s note: This story was produced as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a bi-national partnership of news organizations in Ciudad…
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